Parables were commonplace in Chaucer's time, and audiences would have found them familiar. Parables resembled the teachings of Jesus, with which most audiences in Chaucer's time were familiar.
Parables were commonplace in Chaucer's time, and audiences would have found them familiar.
Explanation:
Parable is a short narrative that uses allegories to convey a moral lesson.
Parables were very common in Chaucer's time and consisted of stories intended to bring some teaching to life. They have symbolism, where each element of the story has a specific meaning. These stories had many common elements of the culture of that time and this made people familiar with the narrative told.
The correct answer to the question that is being stated above would be the phrase 'context clues'. Figuring out the definition by using the words used around 'malleable' is a very great example of using context clues to know what the word means.
